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  1. L

    My 2018 Model 3 saved my life and my family's too

    Thank you. It was frightening indeed. I'm feeling a bit better but my wife and daughter are still having the PTSD from it. It will take time. I think the glass is now finally all gone.
  2. L

    My 2018 Model 3 saved my life and my family's too

    Thank you. No, I did not have my Sentry/Dashcam set up. I do now on my new Model 3 though.
  3. L

    My 2018 Model 3 saved my life and my family's too

    I had tinted windows. They still shattered. But the tint probably kept it from being worse.
  4. L

    My 2018 Model 3 saved my life and my family's too

    Thank you. We still haven't seen the police report yet so we don't know what his story is. He didn't drive away from the accident.
  5. L

    My 2018 Model 3 saved my life and my family's too

    Thank you, and yes, like I said, Elon's got a customer for life. I'd even do free commercials for him if they did commercials. :)
  6. L

    My 2018 Model 3 saved my life and my family's too

    The driver was not arrested. His car apparently deflected off ours and went about 100 yards further up the 405. From the looks of it, he and his wife didn't suffer any injuries.
  7. L

    My 2018 Model 3 saved my life and my family's too

    No, like I said in an earlier post. I may be the only dumbass who owns a Tesla who didn't set up that feature. I'll have it on my new one though.
  8. L

    My 2018 Model 3 saved my life and my family's too

    Thank you. It was definitely a few minutes of hell.
  9. L

    My 2018 Model 3 saved my life and my family's too

    Thank you. Yes, she was wearing her seatbelt. I don't recall whether any of us hit the glass roof. The part after we went off the side of the embankment was a blur. When the airbags deployed, they covered all the windows so we all lost sense of direction. We didn't know we rolled until...
  10. L

    My 2018 Model 3 saved my life and my family's too

    No, unfortunately. I may be the only dumbass who never set up the camera footage in my car. I can promise you on my replacement car, I will do that first thing. Interestingly, one of the witnesses told me after the accident that he was driving his work truck and that it had a dashcam that...
  11. L

    My 2018 Model 3 saved my life and my family's too

    Thank you. It is indeed.
  12. L

    My 2018 Model 3 saved my life and my family's too

    No. The glass was flying from the driver's side window as soon as the crash occurred. The airbags scattered the glass instantly.
  13. L

    My 2018 Model 3 saved my life and my family's too

    Thank you, Ray. The door still had power and the screen was still on. And yes, I got some bad hand cuts on my left hand. The glass was what caused the biggest problem. When the airbags deployed, they scattered the glass fragments into the arms and legs of me and my wife. My daughter didn't...
  14. L

    My 2018 Model 3 saved my life and my family's too

    Thank you, Ray. They did walk away and were unharmed. We haven't seen the complete police report yet so we don't know what their issue was. But they went about 100 yards further down the freeway. Their car was damaged on the front from what we could see, but it looked fixable.
  15. L

    My 2018 Model 3 saved my life and my family's too

    Elon's got a customer for life in me. Two weeks ago, I was involved in a horrific crash on the 405 in Long Beach. My wife, daughter, and I were visiting SoCal on some college visits. On a Sunday morning, I was driving in lane 5 of 6 moving with traffic at about 70 mph. Out of nowhere and...